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and then last night we learned the news of this attack in benghazi. as americans, let us never, ever forget our freedom is only sustained because there are people who are willing to fight for it. to stand up for it. and in some cases, lay down their lives for it. our country is only as strong as that of our people and the civilians and military who represent us around the globe. no act of terror will never shake the resolve of this great nation, alter that character or eclipse the light of the values that we stand for. today we mourn four americans who represent the very best of the united states of america. we will not waiver in our commitment to make sure justice is done for this terrible act and make no mistake, justice will be done. >> so that's what the president said in the rose garden. a week later, an admission station official said it was terrorism, but a week later, the president wasn't saying that when directly asked. speechwriters come in handy when you have a speech to analyze. i spoke earlier with one of the all time best, david frum, fo
and then last night we learned the news of this attack in benghazi. as americans, let us never, ever forget our freedom is only sustained because there are people who are willing to fight for it. to stand up for it. and in some cases, lay down their lives for it. our country is only as strong as that of our people and the civilians and military who represent us around the globe. no act of terror will never shake the resolve of this great nation, alter that character or eclipse the light of the...
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terrorists three days before the attack that killed four americans in benghazi. first, what could be a campaign blockbuster, when he didn't think cameras were rolling. the camera was rolling, and mother jones magazine got the video. here's a portion of it. >> 47% of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. there are 47% with him who believe they are victims, who believe the government has the responsibility to care for them who believe they're entitled to health care, to food, to housing, you name it. that's an entitlement. and the government should give it to them and they will vote for this president no matter what. and the president starts off with 48, 49, starts off with a huge number. these are people who pay no income tax. >> we got these quotes from "mother jones" magazine. which obviously has a political slant. the romney campaign has not denied the substance of what's in the tapes. in the tape, you hear mitt romney saying my job is not to worry about those people. i'll never convince them. he also joked he'd have a better shot if his fa
terrorists three days before the attack that killed four americans in benghazi. first, what could be a campaign blockbuster, when he didn't think cameras were rolling. the camera was rolling, and mother jones magazine got the video. here's a portion of it. >> 47% of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. there are 47% with him who believe they are victims, who believe the government has the responsibility to care for them who believe they're entitled to health care, to...
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but first, cnn's arwa damon in benghazi who broke the story. arwa, you've been talking to eyewitnesss on the ground there. i understand one eyewitness heard an extremist talking about hitting a second location. is that true? have you heard that? what does that tell you? >> reporter: first of all, we do know that a second location was attack. that second location was supposed to be the safe house where embassy personnel were evacuated to. this other eyewitness, a young man, arrived on the scene saying he saw at least two dozen bearded men, part of a known extremist militia here, he said just on the outskirts, just outside the consulate compound. they briefly detained him because he said he did not share the same ideology. and during the few hours he was in detention, he says he heard them talking about the attack on the compound, celebrating it and talking about needing to get ready to go out and attack a second compound. all of this, of course, raising the question as to whether or not this was a pre-planned assault as some members, senior memb
but first, cnn's arwa damon in benghazi who broke the story. arwa, you've been talking to eyewitnesss on the ground there. i understand one eyewitness heard an extremist talking about hitting a second location. is that true? have you heard that? what does that tell you? >> reporter: first of all, we do know that a second location was attack. that second location was supposed to be the safe house where embassy personnel were evacuated to. this other eyewitness, a young man, arrived on the...
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exclusive reporting from inside libya, from benghazi about a warning u.s. diplomats may have received just three days before those deadly attacks. [ male announcer ] now you can swipe... scroll... tap... pinch... and zoom... in your car. introducing the all-new cadillac xts with cue. ♪ don't worry. we haven't forgotten, you still like things to push. [ engine revs ] the all-new cadillac xts has arrived, and it's bringing the future forward. i was talking to my best friend. i told her i wasn't feeling like myself... i had pain in my pelvic area... and bleeding that wasn't normal for me. she said i had to go to the doctor. turned out i had uterine cancer, a type of gynecologic cancer. i received treatment and we're confident i'll be fine. please listen to your body. if something doesn't feel right for two weeks or longer, see your doctor. get the inside knowledge about gynecologic cancers. knowing can make all the difference in the world. with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine living your life with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less
exclusive reporting from inside libya, from benghazi about a warning u.s. diplomats may have received just three days before those deadly attacks. [ male announcer ] now you can swipe... scroll... tap... pinch... and zoom... in your car. introducing the all-new cadillac xts with cue. ♪ don't worry. we haven't forgotten, you still like things to push. [ engine revs ] the all-new cadillac xts has arrived, and it's bringing the future forward. i was talking to my best friend. i told her i wasn't...
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we start in libya where new fighting in benghazi has left the city in chaos. it's not the libyans who support the u.s. who are under siege. it's the radical islamic group that is tied to the atang that killed the u.s. ambassador and three others ten days ago. hundreds of pro u.s. libyans ma marched and took over the extremist headquarters. arwa damon is on the ground in benghazi and shows us how these citizen militias have gone on the offense and have the radicals on the run. but the battle isn't over yet. >> there was an initial sense of euphoria, people saying that this is the real libya. cleansed of extremists by its own people. but the situation quickly turned sinister. >> boom, boom, boom. >> be careful. >> wait. >> there's gunfire. >> just on the other side of this wall is the second location that we're told is being struck tonight. but contrary to what we witnessed at the first place, here, there seems to be something of a gun battle going ob. we are hearing sporadic gun fire as well as other small explosions. the location, it would turn out, is actuall
we start in libya where new fighting in benghazi has left the city in chaos. it's not the libyans who support the u.s. who are under siege. it's the radical islamic group that is tied to the atang that killed the u.s. ambassador and three others ten days ago. hundreds of pro u.s. libyans ma marched and took over the extremist headquarters. arwa damon is on the ground in benghazi and shows us how these citizen militias have gone on the offense and have the radicals on the run. but the battle...
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that is the debate driven home by the events in benghazi. that is why -- and that is why the administration is so keen to make this a story about a spontaneous reaction to a movie made in america. nothing to do with us and it has nothing -- nothing to do with our decisions and our policies. maybe those were good decisions. maybe all things considered we chose the lesser evils. the question i think both fareed and i would think about a lot. >> i want to ask you about this special we have on. both energies talking about energy policy, gas prices. you have a show on sunday called global lessons, the gps road map for powering america. it's a complicated topic but ultimately high gas prices hurt the president, right? >> high gas prices hurt the president. high gas prices in some part because the economy is recovering, more importantly because there's growth all over the world, because the chinese want more gas, the indians want more gas. what i was struck by both of them agreed we want energy independence and they were telling you how they were g
that is the debate driven home by the events in benghazi. that is why -- and that is why the administration is so keen to make this a story about a spontaneous reaction to a movie made in america. nothing to do with us and it has nothing -- nothing to do with our decisions and our policies. maybe those were good decisions. maybe all things considered we chose the lesser evils. the question i think both fareed and i would think about a lot. >> i want to ask you about this special we have...
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they've never made it to benghazi. >> they haven't been on the ground in benghazi? >> they have not. in fact, it was taking so long to get permission to get into tripoli, the fbi deployed closer. they have conducted interviews of those in labia at the time of the attack, but not been able to get -- they've gotten as far as tripoli, but never gotten to benghazi. they made a request that the crime scene be security. as we know from arwa damon's reporting and other public reporting, the state department, we don't know whether the state department put that request to the libyans and whether it was denied. what we know for sure is the crime scene was never secured. the senior law enforcement official i spoke to said, if we get there now, it's not clear it will be of any use to us. the third and really critical and astonishing point to me that they made was, look, one of the things we have to do is question the individuals the libyans have in custody to get to the bottom of this, to understand what they're learning. in fact, they made request through the state department.
they've never made it to benghazi. >> they haven't been on the ground in benghazi? >> they have not. in fact, it was taking so long to get permission to get into tripoli, the fbi deployed closer. they have conducted interviews of those in labia at the time of the attack, but not been able to get -- they've gotten as far as tripoli, but never gotten to benghazi. they made a request that the crime scene be security. as we know from arwa damon's reporting and other public reporting,...
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of those attacks, 48 took place in benghazi. two of which at the u.s. diplomatic compound and the scene of the september 11th 2012 terrorist attacks and we're saying, i think it is the result of a video that was on youtube. and this is based on intelligence. i got to ask you, ambassador kennedy, you say you couldn't possibly have a different idea abt things than security rice did when she went before the nation on september 16th. i'll tell you, this thing smells from every single -- it waddles like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck. for you to come in here and say, well, it was based on some of the this i knew, but i can't tell you all i knew, we have four americans dead and i got to tell you, it is very upsetting for me to go back home and look at those people in the eye, people who don't do what we do here with all the briefings and all the intelligence, just guys that work every day and women that work every day and they can come home and they can figure it out, but we're still trying to figure it out and piece it together and you watch it i
of those attacks, 48 took place in benghazi. two of which at the u.s. diplomatic compound and the scene of the september 11th 2012 terrorist attacks and we're saying, i think it is the result of a video that was on youtube. and this is based on intelligence. i got to ask you, ambassador kennedy, you say you couldn't possibly have a different idea abt things than security rice did when she went before the nation on september 16th. i'll tell you, this thing smells from every single -- it waddles...
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now we're learning more about the three other american who is died in that consulate attack in benghazi this week, ambassador stevens, tie roan woods, glen doherty, and sean smith were all united in their affection for the middle east and the people there. chris stevens fell in love with the middle east when he served as a volunteer peace corps -- as a volunteer in the peace corps. he has been praised as a great friend of libya and served as liaison to the rebel who is overthrew dictator moammar gadhafi. tyrone woods became a navy s.e.a.l. after his mom suggested he join the military. he was also a paramedic and a registered nurse. his third child, kai, was born just a few months ago. and glen doherty was a ski instructor and raft guide in utah before becoming a navy s.e.a.l. he planned to leave the military after knee surgery in 2001, but that changed when the 9/11 attacks occurred. doherty also served on the advisory board of the military religious freedom foundation. in his ten-year career in the foreign service, sean smith was a computer expert, but he also had an alter ego in the v
now we're learning more about the three other american who is died in that consulate attack in benghazi this week, ambassador stevens, tie roan woods, glen doherty, and sean smith were all united in their affection for the middle east and the people there. chris stevens fell in love with the middle east when he served as a volunteer peace corps -- as a volunteer in the peace corps. he has been praised as a great friend of libya and served as liaison to the rebel who is overthrew dictator...
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now, benghazi is turning out to be a major campaign issue. but this debate is being waged -- carried out before the final results and reports are coming out from those three investigations. and that is the fbi, congress and also the state department itself. so a lot of this who knew what when may not be clear until after the election, wolf. >> after these investigations are wrapped up. jill, thanks very much. john king has been looking into this as well. he's here. this is becoming a big issue out there on the campaign, john, isn't it? >> there are significant policy questions. get to the campaign in a second. huge policy questions when the vice president says we did not know, jay carney says it was a personal we, the president and vice president, did not know. what the romney campaign says this is a pattern. they say whenever there's something damaging in the administration, the white house washes its hands and says somewhere in the bureaucracy someone else is responsible for that and say the president of the united states is in charge of th
now, benghazi is turning out to be a major campaign issue. but this debate is being waged -- carried out before the final results and reports are coming out from those three investigations. and that is the fbi, congress and also the state department itself. so a lot of this who knew what when may not be clear until after the election, wolf. >> after these investigations are wrapped up. jill, thanks very much. john king has been looking into this as well. he's here. this is becoming a big...
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glen doherty and tyrone woods both former navy s.e.a.l.s were in benghazi working security. sources tell cnn doherty and woods were in another part of the city when they got word the consulate was under attack. the men went to the consulate, rounded up the staff and then recovered the body of the first victim, sean smith. military officials say it was during a second, more intense attack that doherty and woods were killed. >>> one of mitt romney's former rivals is giving him some interesting advice about the upcoming debates. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios ...but you still have to go to the gym. see life in the best light. [music] transitions® lenses automatically filter just the right amount of light. so you see everything the way it's meant to be seen. experience life well lit, ask for transitions adaptive lenses. nothing complicated about a pair of 10 inch hose clamp pliers. you know what's complicated? shipping. shipping's complic
glen doherty and tyrone woods both former navy s.e.a.l.s were in benghazi working security. sources tell cnn doherty and woods were in another part of the city when they got word the consulate was under attack. the men went to the consulate, rounded up the staff and then recovered the body of the first victim, sean smith. military officials say it was during a second, more intense attack that doherty and woods were killed. >>> one of mitt romney's former rivals is giving him some...
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how in the case of benghazi was america struck? there were security failures, there were blunders made. who, why, how. all of this is vital to making sure we learn so it doesn't happen again. now, in the handling of it and the explanation for it, this administration was terribly ham-handed. it really looked to me as if for political reasons they did not want to indicate that america had been struck by terrorism. they wanted to downplay it. they wanted to attribute it to a youtube video. that way politically, the president could continue to score points off of his successful killing of bin laden and the suggestion he's kept us safe from terrorism. so it's a serious legitimate governing issue. it ought to come up. it's part of what commander in chiefs do to keep us safe. >> paul, this debate on national security foreign policy will be in florida, key swing state. it will be in boca, a place where you find a lot of jewish voters who care a great deal about the relationship with israel, u.s. support for israel. the president has talked
how in the case of benghazi was america struck? there were security failures, there were blunders made. who, why, how. all of this is vital to making sure we learn so it doesn't happen again. now, in the handling of it and the explanation for it, this administration was terribly ham-handed. it really looked to me as if for political reasons they did not want to indicate that america had been struck by terrorism. they wanted to downplay it. they wanted to attribute it to a youtube video. that...
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. >> reporter: your reaction to the benghazi report? >> sean: joining me with reaction, fox news contributor and syndicated columnist, charles krauthammer. merry christmas to you. >> pleasure to be here, you too. >> sean: this is devastating. media -- they buried this on page 11 in today's edition of the washington post. it seems to me, it deserves far better attention and would be gettingerring more attention if this were a republican president. your thoughts? >> there is no doubt about that. as you know, if the sun rises in the east, you know, if any of this had occurred on the previous president's watch, they would have been all over the place. but the new york times had it on the front page because it's a little bit hard to ignore. you have to have pretty extreme to put it on page 11. but it's very scathing. but there is something about this, it's scathing, but it is nonspecific. it basically spreads around the blame, without naming names. so we get these deputy secretaries who resigned. but the questions we still don't know and we
. >> reporter: your reaction to the benghazi report? >> sean: joining me with reaction, fox news contributor and syndicated columnist, charles krauthammer. merry christmas to you. >> pleasure to be here, you too. >> sean: this is devastating. media -- they buried this on page 11 in today's edition of the washington post. it seems to me, it deserves far better attention and would be gettingerring more attention if this were a republican president. your thoughts? >>...
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new details about a man in custody who we are learning is the key suspect in the attack in benghazi in libya. a key suspect in the murder of four americans, including the u.s. ambassador to libya, christopher stevens. we know who he is. we know where he is, who's got him and whether american interrogators will be able to get at him. in addition tonight, we've got new insight into just how quick liu the state department knew about the military sophistication of the actual assault. frank townsend will join us shortly. along with former cia officer bob baer. and you'll hear as well from soern john mccain. you by want to start with the suspect and a "360" exclusive. earlier reporting said access to the suspect was being blocked. intelligence correspondent suzanne kelly has learned otherwise. she joins us now. what have you heard? >> well, we've heard from a u.s. government official that the u.s. does fully intinned and expect to get access to this individual. there's a little bit of negotiating going on. there's a process in place. the fbi is expected to take the lead on this negotiation,
new details about a man in custody who we are learning is the key suspect in the attack in benghazi in libya. a key suspect in the murder of four americans, including the u.s. ambassador to libya, christopher stevens. we know who he is. we know where he is, who's got him and whether american interrogators will be able to get at him. in addition tonight, we've got new insight into just how quick liu the state department knew about the military sophistication of the actual assault. frank townsend...
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one, whether the attack in benghazi was launched by terrorists. and, two, whether it was a planned attack. now, does it matter? yes. because those two issues are at the very heart of how the aftermath of the benghazi attack has undoubtedly become an act of politics. the day after the september 11th attack that killed ambassador stevens and three other americans, the president referred to it as terrorism. >> no acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation. >> reporter: he did it again that evening. >> no act of terror will dim the light of the values that we proudly shine on the rest of the world. >> reporter: and again the next day at another campaign event. >> no act of terror will go unpunished. >> reporter: as the president said this, the intelligence community was developing an initial working theory. that an anti-muslim film circulating on the internet may have led to a protest in benghazi as it had in cairo. and the attack may have grown out of that protest. but as this was happening, members of congress were being briefed
one, whether the attack in benghazi was launched by terrorists. and, two, whether it was a planned attack. now, does it matter? yes. because those two issues are at the very heart of how the aftermath of the benghazi attack has undoubtedly become an act of politics. the day after the september 11th attack that killed ambassador stevens and three other americans, the president referred to it as terrorism. >> no acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation. >>...
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mission in benghazi under attack. embassy tripoli reports approximately 20 armed people fired shots, explosions had been heard as well, and ambassador stevens who is currently in benghazi and four mission personnel are in the compound safe haven. now, a half hour later, an update that said that the embassy reports the firing at the u.s. diplomatic mission in benghazi has stopped. and the compound has been cleared, a response team is on site, attempting to locate those personnel. and you can see, i mean, fred, that wasn't actually the case. you see how frantic and chaotic it is in these moments after the attack because what really had happened was that some of these armed gunmen had breached the walls and actually set fire to that one building where ambassador stevens and the other gentleman, shawn smith, were holed up in the safe room and met their fate. so i think secretary clinton was trying to show that this is pretty chaotic and in the fog of war, these are the kind of spot assessments of what happened at the time
mission in benghazi under attack. embassy tripoli reports approximately 20 armed people fired shots, explosions had been heard as well, and ambassador stevens who is currently in benghazi and four mission personnel are in the compound safe haven. now, a half hour later, an update that said that the embassy reports the firing at the u.s. diplomatic mission in benghazi has stopped. and the compound has been cleared, a response team is on site, attempting to locate those personnel. and you can...
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in benghazi there have been more than a dozen assassinations of former military officers. sources tell cnn that many of them were reportedly on a islamist hit list to eliminate qualified individuals that could pose a threat. kernel from the libyan army was recently kidnapped. he doesn't know by whom or exactly why. he got a call from a man who spoke as if he knew him and said he had urgent information to pass on. outside his home, in broad daylight, two masked man forced him into their car. when i got into the car, they put a black hood on my head and began seeing things like you're going to see, threatening me, he tells us. later he says he was forced to his knees and told to repent and renew his faith in islam. he thought he was going to die when the phone rang. i could hear someone say, he's alive. we haven't killed him yet. you could hear his voice, he recalls. and then he was free. the influence of these radical groups has emerged in the capital. last month they destroyed shrines including this one, right in the heart of tripoli. >> as the sha rien was being demolishe
in benghazi there have been more than a dozen assassinations of former military officers. sources tell cnn that many of them were reportedly on a islamist hit list to eliminate qualified individuals that could pose a threat. kernel from the libyan army was recently kidnapped. he doesn't know by whom or exactly why. he got a call from a man who spoke as if he knew him and said he had urgent information to pass on. outside his home, in broad daylight, two masked man forced him into their car....
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what happened in benghazi was an act of terror. what happened in new york on september 11th was an act of terror. and the republicans are trying to play a game, saying that's not a terrorist attack. please, then they lost this debate, and they are clearly playing games. let me go further, the president made it clear mitt romney's tax plan does not add up. $8 trillion is not reduced by 2$2.5 trillion mil of taxetax d. even women, he tried to disavow that he would get rid of women's contraception. you just can't trust this guy. >> the president made these points that romney has been inconsistent in his view. do you -- are you worried at all that it could be perceived that the president is too aggressive? >> no, the president could have been more aggressive tonight given some of the things that mitt romney said. he felt back on a few kioccasio. this is the presidency of the united states, the future of our country. it deserves candidates that tell the truth and talk fast. mitt romney keeps changing, we know this in massachusetts. it t
what happened in benghazi was an act of terror. what happened in new york on september 11th was an act of terror. and the republicans are trying to play a game, saying that's not a terrorist attack. please, then they lost this debate, and they are clearly playing games. let me go further, the president made it clear mitt romney's tax plan does not add up. $8 trillion is not reduced by 2$2.5 trillion mil of taxetax d. even women, he tried to disavow that he would get rid of women's...
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let's go back to the benghazi report. in early november, former mayor rudy guiliani called for president obama to resign, saying he had spun a web of lies. nowed with the new state department report, does that clear everything up, or not? mayor, are you happy? you got all your answers? >> oh, come on! this is -- this is -- this report has more questions than answers. right? i mean, we -- we -- we don't know what secretary clinton knew, have no idea what she knew, no idea what the president knew. the reality is there were at least 12 attacks, proximate to the attack on senate 11. twice on the consulate. there was an attack on the british ambassador, two people injured. there was an attack on the red cross, all in benghazi. people are asking for more security and denied more security. we don't have an answer from the secretary of state, why didn't she give them more security? more importantly, we don't have an answer from the president of the united states. did you know about the attacks? if you did know, why didn't you ins
let's go back to the benghazi report. in early november, former mayor rudy guiliani called for president obama to resign, saying he had spun a web of lies. nowed with the new state department report, does that clear everything up, or not? mayor, are you happy? you got all your answers? >> oh, come on! this is -- this is -- this report has more questions than answers. right? i mean, we -- we -- we don't know what secretary clinton knew, have no idea what she knew, no idea what the...
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our senior international correspondent arwa damon is in benghazi, libya. >> reporter: the events that unfolded on friday in benghazi most certainly, at least at this point in time, seem to be having a ripple-on effect. to begin with what happened on friday, in the afternoon, pro-democracy demonstrators took to the streets demanding an end to the existence of armed militias, demanding that the government forces, the army and the police, be the only authority on the streets of the country. following that, at night we saw hundreds of individuals storming one of the headquarters of a known militant group in benghazi. after they initially managed to peacefully pretty much take over that location, they then set their sights on a second area. this, however, turned out to be a battalion that is, in fact, endorsed by the government. it did result in some clashes that caused injuries and casualties, and then the army eventually in the early morning hours of the morning, moving in, especially trying to secure massive weapons, depots that did exist there. we arrived on sight and saw some of the h
our senior international correspondent arwa damon is in benghazi, libya. >> reporter: the events that unfolded on friday in benghazi most certainly, at least at this point in time, seem to be having a ripple-on effect. to begin with what happened on friday, in the afternoon, pro-democracy demonstrators took to the streets demanding an end to the existence of armed militias, demanding that the government forces, the army and the police, be the only authority on the streets of the country....
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he knew benghazi. he knew the rebels in benghazi. he felt very comfortable there. this is not your typical sort of starched white shirt ambassador. this was a guy who was a real professional. who rolled his sleeves up, who wanted to help the libyans get the freedom that they have fought for. and so, it's an extraordinary loss not only for the state department, and obviously chris' family, but for the country. my only experience there has been libya was in a very fragile security situation and really needs the attention and support of the international community. and so, look, unfortunately, it will now get the attention it needed before this tragedy. it will get it now, because of this. >> right, fran, by all accounts chris stevens was a very special man with a very special affinity to libya. he was a key part in the american roll there over the last year and a half as the rapid changes were happening there in the arab spring. what does his death then today signify to you? >> well, look, i think we have supported the freedom movement. especially in libya. we suppor
he knew benghazi. he knew the rebels in benghazi. he felt very comfortable there. this is not your typical sort of starched white shirt ambassador. this was a guy who was a real professional. who rolled his sleeves up, who wanted to help the libyans get the freedom that they have fought for. and so, it's an extraordinary loss not only for the state department, and obviously chris' family, but for the country. my only experience there has been libya was in a very fragile security situation and...
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our senior international correspondent arwa damon is in benghazi, libya. >> reporter: the events that unfolded on friday in benghazi most certainly, at least at this point in time, seem to be having a ripple-on effect. to begin with what happened on friday, in the afternoon, pro-democracy demonstrators took to the streets demanding an end to the existence of armed militias, demanding that the government forces, the army and the police, be the only authority on the streets of the country. following that, at night we saw hundreds of individuals storming one of the headquarters of a known militant group in benghazi. after they initially managed to peacefully pretty much take over that location, they then set their sights on a second area. this, however, turned out to be a battalion that is, in fact, endorsed by the government. it did result in some clashes that caused injuries and casualties, and then the army eventually in the early morning hours of the morning, moving in, especially trying to secure massive weapons, depots that did exist there. we arrived on sight and saw some of the h
our senior international correspondent arwa damon is in benghazi, libya. >> reporter: the events that unfolded on friday in benghazi most certainly, at least at this point in time, seem to be having a ripple-on effect. to begin with what happened on friday, in the afternoon, pro-democracy demonstrators took to the streets demanding an end to the existence of armed militias, demanding that the government forces, the army and the police, be the only authority on the streets of the country....
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two questions, first of all, they said benghazi. they had some warning for egypt. what does the actual intelligence mean? >> when you are in a threatened environment and the ambassador goes outside the compound, especially in benghazi, that has been a source of recruiting for al-qaeda for some time, extra caution should have been taken. one should argue at a dangerous place on 9/11 he doesn't go out at all. but the tragedy that four people are dead, it doesn't matter what the excuse is beforehand, there was a massive failure here. >> let's go back to my earlier point. why do you need a warning when you are in a place where there are extremists that don't like americans, and whatever purpose and he was heartless in libya, it was so obvious people didn't want us here. islamic extremists don't want us there, they want their law. >> unless you think everyone is fine. and you think things are going well in the middle east. but if your notion is that the war on terrorism is over and we've won, what's the threat really? what could go wrong? >> whatever happened to that --
two questions, first of all, they said benghazi. they had some warning for egypt. what does the actual intelligence mean? >> when you are in a threatened environment and the ambassador goes outside the compound, especially in benghazi, that has been a source of recruiting for al-qaeda for some time, extra caution should have been taken. one should argue at a dangerous place on 9/11 he doesn't go out at all. but the tragedy that four people are dead, it doesn't matter what the excuse is...